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bugaboo (ˈbʌɡəˌbuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -boos | |
| an imaginary source of fear; bugbear; bogey | |
| [C18: probably of Celtic origin; compare Cornish buccaboo the devil] | |
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bugaboo
1843, earlier buggybow (1740), probably an alteration of bugbear (see bug), but connected by Chapman [DAS] with Bugibu, demon in the O.Fr. poem "Aliscans" from 1141, which is perhaps of Celtic origin (cf. Cornish bucca-boo, from bucca "bogle, goblin").
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